Jiangdong, Jianye City.

On the execution ground, the knife of the axe hand was raised high, reflecting the white light rain of the morning.

Today's beheading is Gan Ning's good brothers - Su Fei and Sun Jiao!

One is to achieve each other with Gan Ning and fulfill each other.

The other is to abandon the previous suspicion with Gan Ning, and do not know each other if he does not fight.

Speaking of which, the tragedy of the two of them was on the eve of the previous day, and it was Sun Quan who ordered - "From now on, Gan Ning will be designated as the thief of my Eastern Wu, and if anyone takes in Gan Ning, it will be regarded as a declaration of war against Eastern Wu!"

Undoubtedly, after such an edict, Gan Ning's reputation in Soochow was completely ruined, from a hero to an existence that everyone shouted at.

In this era, people regard fame and honor as more important than life.

Unfaithful... This fame will make people unable to hold their heads up for the rest of their lives!

That's why...

Su Fei and Sun Jiao insisted on breaking into the court of Wu even in the face of Sun Quan's anger.

It's just that, as a result... It's predestined.

Sun Quan, such a ruthless and gloomy person, how could he rehabilitate Gan Ning because of the two of them?

But the two begged bitterly, and finally admonished each other to death...

So, Sun Quan let them die!

- Ask!

At this moment, the steel knife faced the shadow of the sun, and in an extremely miserable atmosphere, Su Fei on the guillotine looked up to the sky and roared: "It's not a pity for me to die, but I hate... Only hatred did not rehabilitate Brother Gan, Brother Gan was wronged... Brother Gan is wronged! ”

Sun Jiao, as a member of the Eastern Wu clan, felt the cold on the steel knife, but he couldn't stop laughing "hahahaha".

"What are you laughing at?"

Seeing that the black cloth tied outside to prevent blood from splashing, Sun Jiao could still laugh, and Su Fei couldn't help but ask this friend who was connected by the same fate and went to Huangquan together.

Sun Jiao's laughter became bitter, "I'm thinking that Sun Quan has been on the throne for ten years, and there are no eight generals under him, I'm thinking... Xu Kun, Wu Jing, Tai Shici, Zhou Yu, Huang Gai... When they die, most of them think... That's what I'm thinking about now! They will also have this deathbed realization, right? It's a pity it's late, it's too late for anything! ”

Speaking of this, Sun Jiao's voice was already a little hysterical.

is about to be asked, what is he afraid of? What else can't he say?

Suddenly, he raised his head, as if to vent the anger he had suppressed in his heart for a long time, and he roared.

"Fifteen years, Sun Zhongmou... How many loyal ministers and good generals have died around you? Can you count them? You... You must leave all of you, and when all the people betray their relatives and leave, you... Can you wake up? Come... Cut me, I'm waiting for you underground, waiting for the day when you are embarrassed and your soul returns to Jiuquan! Chop... Cut! ”

As Sun Jiao's words fell...

With a "bang", the steel knife slashed down fiercely, and his eyes seemed to fall into an endless darkness.

Sun Jiao thought it was all over.

Su Fei on the side was a little confused...

He muttered to himself as he watched the steel knife fall.

- "What's going on?"

- "Why did this knife go off the rails?"

Before he could think about it, it seemed like something heavy hit him on the back of his head, and Su Fei's eyes suddenly darkened... Like Sun Jiao, he lost consciousness and fainted.

Looking at this familiar scene, Zhou Xun, as a prison officer, sighed lightly.

- It's still a familiar recipe, it's still a familiar taste.

He already doesn't know how many people have been saved with this method ...

However, there is no doubt that this method of saving lives really works.

In fact, today's Eastern Wu is in an eventful season, Lu Su is in Jiangxia, Lu Meng is busy training the navy, practicing sneaking, and he is the only one who can free his hands to supervise the beheading.

Therefore, the heavy responsibility of such a prisoner once again fell on Zhou Xun!

"Ugh..."

At this moment, Zhou Xun sighed faintly, and he muttered to himself in a very light and thin voice: "It's a pity that these two prisoners who died in place of each other died before they died early and became scapegoats!" ”

While speaking, Zhou Xun watched his henchmen save the real "Su Fei" and "Sun Jiao"...

Behead the two fake ones for public display.

The black silk around was splattered with blood...

With the evacuation of the real Su Fei and Sun Jiao, the black silk was removed by the henchmen and guards, and the heads of the living "Su Fei" and "Sun Jiao" were rolling to the ground, and at the edge of the wood, two terrifying headless corpses had already fallen to the ground.

"Ahem..."

It was only at this time that Zhou Xunfang cleared his voice and shouted: "The sinners Su Fei and Sun Jiao committed crimes, disregarded the laws of the country, and had no respect, and should have been hanged. Kill on the execution ground! Set an example! ”

As he spoke, Zhou Xun pointed to the head on the ground, "Someone come, pick up the head, seal it in a box, and hang it at the city gate..."

As Zhou Xun's voice fell.

A scribe ascended to the city gate and condescendingly read Sun Quan's edict.

- "As the lord of Eastern Wu alone, he should rule Jiangdong, unite the people, work together, and unanimously resist foreign ...... Let everyone be like Ganning? Secretly plotting assassination and slaughtering ministers, where is the law of the king of Eastern Wu Gangji? Don't you regard this Gan Ning as a national thief? Jiangdong is in danger, so... There are those who dare to openly question and contradict the lonely, and ask for the life of the national thief Gan Ning, this Su Fei and Sun Jiao are role models! ”

These words came out...

Many people listened silently.

Huang Gai's son Huang Bing and Zhou Yu's nephew Zhou Jun were also there, and the two looked at each other.

Huang Bing muttered: "Where is this edict for the people? It's clearly used to win over those big clans..."

"Alas..."Zhou Jun let out a long sigh, "This so-called fame and real disaster are also ... Sun Quan's plot with the big clan is tantamount to plotting with the tiger! ”

Huang Bing asked rhetorically: "Sun Quan and the big family... Who is the tiger? ”

Then... Suddenly, I heard a person crying loudly, it was Jiang Qin, one of the twelve tiger ministers in Jiangdong.

He walked forward step by step, full of sorrow...

The people around him looked at him like this, and couldn't help but sweat for him, but he was carrying a wine jug and staggering, "General Su Fei, General Sun Jiao... You are great faithful servants! Others are under power and dare not sacrifice you, Jiang has come to sacrifice you! The soul returns, the soul returns... And Gan Xingba... You... You..."

It is obvious that Jiang Qin is drunk, this tiger minister who is good at bowing and arrows, he rarely drinks ...

But today, like an unconscious drunk, he tilted the wine jug, and the wine fell to the ground, and his tears soaked a piece of loess!

His figure was quickly surrounded by guards, and Huang Bing and Zhou Jun could only leave silently.

It's just that...

What they don't know is that if they follow the original trajectory of history, cross the river in white clothes, capture Jingzhou in one fell swoop, and let Guan Yu defeat Maicheng, in addition to Lu Meng, the merit belongs to Sun Jiao and Jiang Qin.

But, coincidentally...

Just after they did so much, soon... All three of them died!

So is Lu Meng;

Sun Jiao is like this;

The same is true for Jiang Qin.

In Soochow, there will be such a unique scenery, many loyal ministers, good generals... What a coincidence they are sick!

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At night, Su Fei and Sun Jiao, as well as more than 70 brothers under Gan Ning, along with their families, were placed in a huge merchant ship.

Because the night is dark, the two sides of the strait are as black as ink.

At the bow of the ship, Sun Shao, the owner of Hongyan, and Tai Shixiang were standing on the deck.

Seems... The darkness around them, they don't care at all, it may be a wild goose... Ben stayed in the dark long enough!

"Another wave of people who have escaped from the sea of suffering..."

It was Tai Shixiang who spoke.

At the beginning, they used the same means to secretly transport all the Ling Tong's clansmen away.

This time, it's just a familiar road.

However, Sun Shao, who has always been talkative, did not respond to Tai Shixiang this time.

With the faint torch, Tai Shixiang could see the exhaustion on Sun Shao's face, which seemed to be relieved, and it was also like the whole person was prostration.

At this moment, Tai Shixiang was suddenly able to understand Sun Shao's mood.

Soochow... No matter what it looks like now, but at the beginning, this was the foundation established by Sun Shao's father, Sun Ce!

It is said that Jiangdong is the result of the efforts of three generations of the Sun family.

Not really...

Because Sun Jian is only a native of Fuchun, Wu County, at most he has done three counties and counties, and has established prestige in Changsha and Lujiang, to say... The conquest of Jiangdong only existed in theory.

It was not so much the conquest of Jiangdong as the conquest of Jingzhou, but he was shot by Huang Zu!

Therefore, the foundation of Jiangdong was fought by Sun Ce to a large extent, and he was a good friend of Sun Ce and the Huaisi expeditionary faction.

As for Sun Quan, he and Sun Ce are going diametrically opposite paths, to the other extreme!

In other words, even if the current Dongwu is a "pickled" and "filthy" place, once upon a time, this was also the territory that Sun Shao's father, Sun Ce, did not hesitate to exchange his life for, and it was something he guarded with his life!

- Get out of the sea of suffering!

Tai Shixiang realized that such rhetoric made Sun Shao... Sentimental, right?

Tai Shixiang noticed this and wanted to comfort...

Who would have thought that Sun Shao was the first to speak, and he smiled reluctantly, "When I was born, my father died, so... I'm not a person who values my father's legacy so much, but..."

Speaking of the second half of the sentence, Sun Shao gritted his teeth a little, "My long-cherished wish is to be able to condescendingly question Sun Quan and ask him, his brother was so optimistic about him back then, but why... Why do you want to hurt my father? Mother told me... Say that my father told him a word before he died... He told Sun Quan - if you want it, I will give it to you! I can't figure it out, my dad is like this... Sun quan... Sun Quan, he..."

In the end, Sun Shao's fists were clenched, as if because of forbearance, anger, and incomprehension, his nails were deeply inserted into his palms... A little blood oozed from the palm of his hand.

Tai Shixiang was also infected by Sun Shao's atmosphere, and hurriedly said, "You still want to question him?" Hum... If it's me, if there's a chance... That Sun Quan is in front of me, I just want to use this halberd left by my father... Pierce his whole body! I don't believe a word of what he says! ”

That's it.

The atmosphere suddenly turned cold...

Quite different from the atmosphere... The merchant ships were sailing, and the fleet had arrived in Jiangxia.

Jiangxia County was divided into three, and now the two parts north of the Yangtze River are all in Guan Lin's hands.

A share of the south is still in Sun Quan's hands.

Therefore, the walk... A long river flows into the North Road, which also indicates that the current route is completely safe!

That's when ...

"Where is this?"

Sun Jiao stood up in a daze, he saw Su Fei beside him, and hurriedly woke him up... The two of them searched for torches and walked out of the cabin with great caution.

Actually, Su Fei was still pondering... Why did the steel knife split crookedly?

But Sun Jiao was full of doubts, thinking that he had gone to the underworld.

Having said that, this young general of Eastern Wu who succeeded Cheng Pu in Xiakou in history, followed Lu Mengping Jingzhou, fought righteousness and squandered wealth, and was reasonable!

Now... He was in the dark, and he thought he was in the eighteenth layer of hell, and he was inexplicably a little frightened!

When Sun Jiao and Su Fei saw Sun Shao and Tai Shixiang on the deck...

Sun Jiao was suddenly stunned, he looked at Sun Shao in shock, "Yes... It's you? ”

Truly...

As the general of the Eastern Wu clan, as the cousin of Sun Ce and Sun Quan, Sun Jiao knew Sun Shao...

Because of this, he... Just...

"Aren't you dead?"

Sun Jiao asked in surprise...

But then, he shook his head heavily.

That's right... That's right.

If it's underground here, then... Isn't it a common thing for him to see a dead man?

Sun Shao was about to explain...

But at this time.

With a "ringing arrow" in the sky ...

Countless torches were suddenly raised on the north bank of the Yangtze River, and the sound of arrows continued, and at the same time, more than a dozen small ships were rapidly approaching.

Sun Shao and Tai Shi were taken aback, Sun Jiao and Su Fei were also at a loss, thinking that this was hell... A unique welcome ceremony.

It's really grand!

Who would have thought that at this moment, the entire merchant ship suddenly became excited.

"It's a sailboat... It's a brocade sailboat..."

"Brother Gan... I saw Brother Gan on the shore..."

"It's Brother Gan, it's... Brother Gan! ”

You must know that Gan Ning brought out 800 people from Bashu, and there were only 100 people around him when he escaped, in addition to the brothers who died in the war over the years, there are some... In Koto!

It's not a lot, just over seventy!

The wild goose has found them all... With Gan Ning's tokens, they and their families were all brought on the merchant ship.

And because of this...

They are also from the Jinfan thief, and they are no longer familiar with the arrows of the Jinfan thief.

The sound of the arrow was telling them that they had finally come out of the cave, and that they were finally on their way home!

- Homecoming!

- It's the way home to home!

…

It's back! It's all back...

Gan Ning met Su Fei and Sun Jiao, as well as a group of brothers... This brother finally met the big brother they had been thinking about!

It's out... It's all out!

They all escaped from the cave.

Nature...

When the brothers meet, there is an endless amount of things to say...

Since Sun Shao and Tai Shixiang docked, they have tacitly walked away, and the time... The space is all given to Gan Ning!

In fact, Gan Ning did not recover, but he was worried about his brothers, he couldn't sit still in Xiakou for a day, so he repeatedly begged Guan Lin, and then went south to the corner of Najiangxia... The closest to Koto... The north bank of the Yangtze River!

Half an hour;

an hour;

Two hours... Gan Ning chatted with Su Fei, Sun Jiao, and this group of brothers for two whole hours, and it seemed that he was still unsatisfied.

Finally, at the end...

Su Fei asked Gan Ning, "Xingba?" Where are we going now? Are you going to Xiakou? ”

"No..."Gan Ning seemed to be ready to answer this question early in the morning, he took a deep breath, "Go to Gangneung..."

"How is Gangneung?" This time it was Sun Shao's turn to be unexpected.

He received news from Guan Lin, but he didn't mention that it was Jiangling!

Looking at Sun Shao and Tai Shixiang... There is also the dazed and confused nature of the brothers, the corners of Gan Ning's mouth opened, and he smiled... smiled faintly, "In the next four months, we will all be in Gangneung... Because..."

Suddenly, Gan Ning's tone became heavier, his tone became meticulous, and even the whole person became serious.

"It's closer to Bashu, and that's where we can really set foot on the way home!"

Way!

It's the way home again—

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For four months, the autumn cicadas screamed sadly, and a leaf fell to the ground and was gloomy everywhere.

It's been four months since Guan Lin cheated to death!

Of course, regarding Guan Lin's fraudulent death, it seems... Whether it is Wei, Wu or Shu, except for Zhang Xingcai crying alone, no one will take it seriously.

It was because of his death that there was a series of chain reactions!

For example, the tacit understanding between Cao Cao and Sun Quan in the upper territory of Huainan;

For example, the game between Cao Ren and Guan Yu on the front line of Xiangfan...

For another example, because Gan Ning went to Jingzhou, the Sun-Liu Alliance was covered with the thickest layer of haze.

And... Lu Meng privately trained soldiers, infiltrated, and ascended first... Disguise the white-clothed merchant!

It can be said that the entire situation in Xiangfan, Huainan and Jiangxia... Beneath the calm on the surface is the dark tide surging in the background...

Everything is quietly changing.

Only the moment you peel back the layers of fog, the real competition is about to begin!

Can...

However, in such a confusing atmosphere, in the past four months... There was not a single battle on the battlefield of Xiangfan!

Guan Yu excavated a reservoir south of the Han River.

Cao Ren is also digging a reservoir north of Hanshui.

Because Cao Ren is more secretive, so... Even Guan Yu only knows that he is working... I thought it was planning to build a new city similar to "Yuncheng"!

That's it, the current situation... Steady for four whole months!

And this... It is the last quiet before the storm-

…

Around the Jiangdao that arrived from Jiangdong to Jiangling and Changsha County, under a beacon tower, a young man disguised as a white-clothed merchant poked his head out suspiciously.

He was cautious at first, but as ... The more his head poked out, the more daring the boy became.

He is Liu Chan...

I came here to be entrusted by Guan Lin, the purpose... It's doing something earth-shattering and crying ghosts!

"Childe... What the hell did Yunqi send you here for? ”

Zhao Yun and Liu Chan came together...

Of course, Zhao Yun didn't know the purpose of Liu Chan's coming, he was just protecting Liu Chan.

"You'll find out later..."

Liu Chan's head shook, as if the guards on the beacon tower hadn't noticed him, so... More and more sassy.

I saw Liu Chan take out more than a dozen glass bottles from his backpack, and the glass bottles were filled with white powder.

He took a closer look and shook it...

Then bury the glass bottles on the back of the beacon in turn.

After doing this...

Liu Chan took a torch, and then asked the fish beside him, "What did I say about Fourth Brother Guan?" ”

Oh... Yu Feng reacted and hurriedly said, "Brother Yunqi ordered... Yes, I will burn this bottle while the beacon tower is changing shifts..."

"Yes!"

Liu Chan seems to recall...

He waited patiently for a while.

Zhao Yun was nervous when he saw this scene, faintly, he had an ominous premonition.

Finally... Wait until it's time for a shift change.

Because the beacon tower is very high, so... When changing shifts, they were all handed over under the stage, and Liu Chan patiently waited for all the soldiers to step down, and for a while... His mood became extremely surging.

"It's time to ignite... Quick, where's the introduction? Ah... How to forget... Advance leads! ”

Children, there are fearless people in the plain world, and it's really time to kick the door... Suddenly, I became nervous, and I felt a little at a loss.

"Boom-"

Finally, after some scrambling, Liu Chan quickly lit the fuse, and then he shouted to Zhao Yun, "Uncle Zilong, run..."

As he spoke, like a frightened little tiger, he ran to the periphery with a "whoosh".

Zhao Yun was stunned... Haven't reacted yet.

However, the soldiers who took over the shift were shocked to hear a voice here, and hurriedly chased after them, but they hadn't arrived here yet...

“… Rumble! ”

The flames that soared into the sky were instantly covered with beacons... The air is filled with a suffocating pungent smell,

With the sudden flames in this beacon tower, thick clouds of black smoke came out.

Debris and debris flew out like sharp arrows.

The entire beacon tower was swept by flames in an instant, the scorching flames were scurrying around, and the tongues of fire close to the ground licked the nearest objects, the strange smell was pungent, and the smoke was thick in the face!

It's also a loss... The soldiers on the beacon were handing over downstairs and saw the flames... It's too late to escape.

It's just that every soldier has a lingering palpitation.

Only Liu Chan, who looked at this masterpiece with great excitement...

I can't help but sigh: "This fire is really burning..."

On the other hand, Zhao Yun's eyebrows were almost condensed into inverted figures, and he asked in astonishment: "Childe... You... What are you doing here? ”

Liu Chan smiled, revealing a big and harmless smile: "Uncle Zilong, don't be nervous, Fourth Brother Guan said, if you don't burn this beacon tower, tens of thousands of people will die in Jingzhou..."

Speaking of this, Liu Chan smiled even happier, "Uncle Zilong, think about it, Yunqi is right, we... There is no leakage of identity, but with a white-clothed merchant, he can easily arrive here and burn here... And so, this beacon... Have a hairy use? It's better to burn it on fire! ”

Belch... This...

With Liu Chan's words, Zhao Yun was stunned in place.

Clearly... Obviously, Liu Chan did a big bad thing that was angry and resentful, but instead, his explanation afterwards was... There's some truth to it!

Even if it's a crooked reason... That's right!

- "Wait!"

- "When did this boy learn such sophistry?"

For a moment, Zhao Yun was a little stunned.

He didn't just ask himself:

- "What have Adou and Yunqi learned in the past four months?"

- "Eat beef? Don't practice martial arts! Burn the beacon?'

- "This... Is this the successor of the great man?'

In this room, Zhao Yun was still groaning.

Over there, far away in Xudu City...

Cao Cao had a headache today, and he was lying on the bed, but after hearing Cheng Yu's report, he had a posture of sitting up in a dying dream.

Beads of sweat on the entire forehead...

This scene is like Chen Lin's "Essay on Asking for Thieves" in the past, which made his scalp tingle, made him sweat coldly, and unexpectedly relieved his headwind.

"Zhongde, I feel that I heard it wrong, do you say it again? Then Guan Lin sent someone to Xu Du? Want to negotiate with Lone? ”

Cao Cao blurted out this.

Cheng Yu groaned, he seemed to hesitate, but no matter how hesitant he was, he still truthfully chanted what he should say.

"Jingzhou sent the envoy Zhuge Ke to Xu Du, and the ministers were ordered by the King of Wei to lead Zhuge Ke to live in the post house, and also tried to explore his reality!"

"I never thought... What he wanted to negotiate was to let the King of Wei cede the south of the capital to Jingzhou! In addition, he also asked the King of Wei to send troops to exterminate the Eastern Wu forces in Huainan-"

With Cheng Yu's words!

With a "bang", Cao Cao took the case, "Lone Fang thought that Lone heard about it, or that Lone was crazy, hehe... But Lone listened to it again, hahahaha, it seems... It's not that Lone is crazy, it's that he Guan Lin is crazy, right? He had been lying to death for four months, and he looked insane—"

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